To celebrate the publication of THE AUSTEN GIRLS, my friends at Good Housekeeping magazine have kindly run an interview with me conducted by the imitable Ella Dove … thank you! 

She makes no apology for dressing up to make history more interesting, and here Lucy Worsley talks to Ella Dove about her passion for the past, female ambition, and being stood up by Johnny Depp.

Deep within the sprawling labyrinth of Hampton Court Palace lies a little wooden door.  At first glance, it appears unremarkab...